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A $1 million BTC bribe leads to conspiracy charges for Russian man
27.8.2020
The strange case of Egor Kriuchkov — who was he working for?
Russia set to try again with blockchain voting despite earlier setbacks
27.8.2020
Initial results appear promising for the Waves-developed e-voting system
Russia Is Blocking Bitcoin-Related Websites Again
27.8.2020
Russian internet censorship agency Roskomnadzor has persuaded a court to block various crypto sites including a popular bitcoin OTC data provider
Authorities block Russia’s top crypto exchange aggregator
27.8.2020
The website is still accessible through VPNs and mirrors
Report: Russia Remains a ‘Key Market for Crypto,’ Commands the 3rd Largest Bitcoin Hashrate in the World
27.8.2020
The fervor for cryptocurrency assets in Russia has grown wild over the last few years. This week Xangle Research published a comprehensive report about digital currencies and the Russian environment in 2020. The study’s findings show that Russia is one of the world’s key players when...
Sources Say World’s Largest Darknet Empire Market Exit Scammed, $30 Million in Bitcoin Stolen
26.8.2020
One of the world’s largest darknet markets (DNM), Empire Market, allegedly exit scammed after the marketplace was taken offline for a number of days this week. DNM patrons are upset about Empire Market’s departure and customers say that $30 million in bitcoin held by the darknet’s...
Russia’s Sberbank and S7 Airlines to sell flight tickets for tokens
26.8.2020
Russian enterprises get deeper into blockchain
Moscow May Sell Footage From Public Security Cameras: Report
24.8.2020
Moscow authorities can sell and broadcast in the internet video from surveillance cameras in the city, media report
Darknet Giant Empire Market Offline for 36 Hours, Blame Cast at Massive DDoS Attack
23.8.2020
According to a number of sources, one of the largest darknet markets in the world, Empire Market has been offline for well over 36 hours. The researcher and analyst Dark.fail has been tweeting about the subject, as the market hasn’t been down for this long since 2019. It seems the popular...
Huobi Global Announces Measures to Strengthen Its Presence in Russia
22.8.2020
The exchange is taking advantage of the growing Russian crypto market
Law Decoded: Blockchains and the Eastern Bloc, August 14–21
21.8.2020
As protests rage in Belarus and Alexei Navalny remains in a coma, we look at new developments in crypto across the former USSR
Russia and China De-dollarization Approaching ‘Breakthrough Moment’
20.8.2020
China and Russia are collaborating to reduce their dependence on the U.S. dollar. Trade settlements in USD between the two countries have fallen below 50% for the first time. De-dollarization in Russia and China The dollar’s share of trade between Russia and China was only 46% of settlements...
No, Crypto Payments Won’t Ruin Russia’s Financial System, Key Players Say
20.8.2020
Is Russia harming its economy by banning crypto payments?
US Says North Korea Has 6,000 Hackers: Many in Belarus, China, India, Malaysia, Russia
20.8.2020
North Korea allegedly has about 6,000 hackers, many of whom operate abroad, according to a recent report published by the U.S. Army. The infamous Lazarus Group, thought to be linked to a number of cryptocurrency exchange hacks, is among them. North Korea’s Bureau 121 The U.S. Army recently...
Russia’s New Blockchain Elections Remain Centralized
19.8.2020
There will be two blockchain voting pilots for Russia's off-year election next month
Russia Pilots Federal Voting on Waves Blockchain
19.8.2020
Russia pilots national blockchain e-voting
Barclays’ Former Russian Bank Has Issued a Token-Collateralized Loans
19.8.2020
Expobank has issued its first loan using WAVES tokens as collateral – they're now estimating what future demand could be
Russia’s Expobank Bank Issues Country’s First Crypto-Collateral Loan
19.8.2020
The Russian bank Expobank says it has issued the nation’s first-ever crypto-backed loan – despite the fact that the country has recently introduced a new law that prohibits the use of tokens as a form of payment.
Per a report from media outlet Kommersant, the loan was secured by using tokens issued...
Waves Powers Russia’s First Reported Crypto-Backed Bank Loan
19.8.2020
Russian banks are not waiting for full regulatory clarity to issue crypto loans
Russia, With Bitcoin Playing Bit Part, Tried to Hack 2016 U.S. Election, Senate Report Finds
18.8.2020
Bitcoin may have been the salacious pretext to Marina Butina's fling with Patrick Byrne